SPRINGFIELD — A 42-year-old Ludlow man, stopped for a motor vehicle violation in the Upper Hill neighborhood early Friday, violently resisted arrest and attempted to grab an officer’s service weapon from its holster, police said.

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Officers Chad Joseph and Daniel Billingsley fought with the suspect, who weighs 250 pounds, for approximately two minutes in the middle of Massachusetts Avenue before other officers arrived on scene, Sgt. John Delaney, aide to Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said.

It took six of them to finally subdue the suspect, William Brantley, of 45 Moody St., Ludlow, and get him into handcuffs, Delaney said.

Once the suspect was in custody, police found 31 brand-new North Face jackets, an iPhone and a bag of jewelry inside Brantley’s car, which did not have an inspection sticker.

When Brantley was brought into the station for booking, police found 120 bags of heroin hidden up his sleeve and $814 in cash, Delaney said.

The incident began at about 2:50 a.m. when police, on routine patrol, saw Brantley’s 2008 gray Infiniti speeding on Massachusetts Avenue. When police pulled it over, they saw that Brantley was drinking a Bud Light Lime and that he had a knife next to him.

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Brantley grew violent in an attempt to get away after police asked him to step outside the car.

Police have released a photograph of the jewelry in hopes of finding the owner or owners.

Brantley was charged with no inspection sticker, open container, three counts of assault and battery on a police officer, attempted larceny of a firearm, resisting arrest and possession of heroin.